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Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 19, 2018 – The No. 3-ranked Washington University in St. Louis men's basketball team scored a 100-64 victory over Case Western Reserve University Friday evening during University Athletic Association (UAA) play at the Horsburgh Gymnasium in Cleveland.

WashU won its fifth-straight game to improve to 13-2, 4-0 in the UAA. Case has lost three straight games and is 7-8, 1-3 in the UAA. The Bears shot 46.5-percent from the field (33-of-71) including 11-of-23 from beyond the arc.

Senior Kevin Kucera paced the Bears attack with nine assists, increasing his career-total to 424, one shy of tying Alan Aboona for fifth all-time in school history.

The Bears got off to a hot start causing a Case Western timeout within the opening two minutes of play as WashU ran out to a 10-0 lead. Schmelter, Sanders, Kucera and Highsmith got the Bears started including back-to-back triples by Kucera and Highsmith.

The Spartans cut into the Bears 10-point lead following the timeout, trimming the score to 15-9 with 14:41 to go in the first half but WashU quickly built a double-digit lead which held for the remainder of the contest.

The Bears went on a 14-0 run including multiple threes by Nolan and Knupp. Junior DeVaughn Rucker and senior Sasha Sobolev converted two-pointers that gave WashU its largest lead of the half, 53-26. WashU shot 53.8-percent from beyond the arc to build a 53-29 halftime lead.

The closest Case Western cut the lead in the second half was 19 points on a layup by Antonio Ionadi with 15:16 to go, as WashU led by 59-40. Nolan led all scorers in the second half with nine points while sophomore Mickey Bell totaled a career-high seven and sophomore Matt Nester added six. Nester's two triples set a new personal-best.

T.J. Duckett led the Spartans with 15 points as Ignas Masiulionis also scored 10 points for Case Western. Duckett finished the game 7-of-11 from the field.

WashU takes on Carnegie Mellon University (4-11, 0-4 UAA) on Sunday, Jan. 21, in Pittsburgh. Game time is set for Noon (ET).

BEAR NOTEBOOK • WashU leads the all-time series with Case 46-5, and the Bears have won the last six meetings
• Sanders has scored in double figures in 25-straight games.
• Nolan has scored in double figures in nine-straight contests
• The Bears are 6-1 away from home this season
• WashU recorded back-to-back 100-point contests for the second time in 113 years.